Farm-tractor.



G. P. RETTIG.

FARM TRACTOR.

APPUCATION man 950.19.1914.

Patented Nov. 15, 1915.

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G. P. RETTIG.

FARM TRACTOR.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I9. I9I4.

1,160,320, Patented Nov. 16, 191:5.

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L L l@ www ffm 'lhactors of which the following' lili o GERGE E. BETTG, 0L"

RICHMOND, NDIANA.

FARM-TRACTOR.

Application ile December 1 9, 1914. Ser

.To uit 'av/lem it may concern Be it known'that l, Geenen l). Berrie, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of lllayne and in the State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful improvements in llarm- Y a full, clear, and exact description of the essential features thereof.

The object of my present invention is to provide a farm tractor which may be lemployed as a prime mover for various klnds of tools, implements, or machines, such as are commonly employed in farm work, that is, producing a tractor which may be adjusted to operate or draw such instruments, it being adapted to operate at various elevations; and with means for adjusting the steering and the control whereby the tractor may be operated by the attendant who may be located on the tool drawn by the tractor, or by the operator located on the tractor.

The elevation of the tractor, the extension of the control, and the extension and the lo` cation of the steering wheel, being adjustable in order to meet the requirements of the implement which it is tov draw, thereby making it possible for the tractor and the implement to .be managed by a single individual, as in the case of animal drawn implements.

Other minor objects and particular advantages of my invention will suggest themselves in the course of the following description, and that which is new will e set forth in detail in the specification. and that which is new will be correlated in the claims.

In order to provide a tractor containing the features above mentioned I have produced the construction and the arrangement of parts as shown in the accompanying drawingsy in which- Figure l is a right-hand side elevation of my tractor. as it would appear alone, that is without an implement attached thereto. Fig. is a top plan View of the tractor shown in'llig. l, except that it is shown in the act of turning to the right. llig. 9 is a front elevation of the tractor. certain parts beingr broken away in order to show parts which would be hidden thereby. Fig'. t is a detail view showing one of the devices for raising and lowering the main portion of the tractor. Fig. 5 is a. front edfre eleration of one of the segmental raising and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. i6, i915. a1 No. 873,033.

lowering members. Fig. 6 is a detail section of the king-bolt arrangement, the same being taken longitudinally of the draw-bar. Fig. 7 is a detail cross section of one of the raising and lowering members, as taken 'on line 7 7 of 4. Fig. 8 is a cross sec* tion of the steering column, as taken on the line of Fig. l. nd Fig. 9 is a detail cross section'of'the steering' mechanism, as

aken on the line 1)5) of Fig. l.

Similar indices denote like parts throughout the several views of the two sheets of drawings.

ln order that the construction, the arrangement, and the various features of my invention may be fully understood l will now take up afdetailed description thereof, in which l will set forth the various parts as fully and as comprehensively as I may.

ln the followingr description it will not be necessary to enter into a detailed description of various devices which are common to tractors, and other motor vehicles, but will only describe in detail such parts as are new. referring merely to the parts which are old in a general way, and to their arrangements with relation to each other, which arrangements may be variously changed.

It will be noticed that certain parts are in duplicate, that is there are two parts of the same construction located rin-opposite sides of the tractor, in such cases l will describe the part on one side in minutie, referring to the same'by indices, and will designate the parts identical therewith on the opposite side of the tractor by like indiceswith the exponent Referring new to the drawings in detail: Letter E denotes the main frame, having minor cross members which support the motor M, the transmission H, the radiator N. the fuel tank 7, the fan 8. the differential l; and various other parts. The rear edge of the frame E terminates in the semuental frear 18, which is integral therewith, all parts of the frame being preferably formed in one integral construction.

Numeral l denotes the draw-bar, whose forufard end is attached to the underside of the center of the frame by' means of the single king-bolt 22, from which latter the cross-bar extends a considerable distance to the rear of the frame, and its rear end carries the adjustable clamp 25, which is for the purpose hereinafter stated.

Extending down from the sides of the rear portion of the drawbar 1 and pivoted thereto by the bolt l5, are the hangers 5 and 5, whose lower ends carry the axle i4 on which is mounted the follow wheel 6. Each of the said. hangers is retained in place by a brace 17, as shown in Fig. l, the upper forward end of the said braces being secured to the draw-bar by the bolt i8.

Extending across through the rear por tion of the trame E is the two-part driving shaft J -l{, the two portions thereof being connected by the differenti-all. Carried by the said shaft J--K is the large sprocketwheel '2. Extending out from the transmission H is thev drive-shaft on which is secured :i small sprocket-wheel which is in a line with the sprocket-wheel 2, and connecting said small and large sprocket wheels ia the sprocket-chain .16. Secured on the outer ends of the shaft J-K are pinions, as the pinion .9 shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Rotatably mounted on the outer end portions of the shaft ill-Jill., between the said pinionsand the sides of the frame, are the triangular lifting members l. each haring a segmental portion on its periphery provided with angular gears Q3, `the said gears being' formed in a curve concentrie with the bearing of the members il upon the Shaft J-K, .vherehy said gears may swing up and down concentric with shaft ,l-l, for the purpose hereinafter made clear.

llig'idly secured to and extending out from the lower forward portion of each of the members is an axle l0, on which axles are revolubly mounted the respectii'e tra@ tion wheels F.

Extending around concentric with the hubs and the rims of the Wheels l?, and secured to the spokes thereof, are the gear rings G, each meshing with its respective pinion 9, as shown in Fig. i.'

Formed through the Segmental part of the memberff; A are a plurality of holes a, which are arranged in a line parallel with the gears 23 and therefore concentric with the axle .lL-l.

Flan'es extend up from each of the sides or the frame l, adjoining the main or segmental portions of the members. A,

'through cach of which is a Single hole for the bolt 13, which boltsl are also adapted to entend through one of the holes a. to hold Y shaft 2l, the latter being mounted in suitable brackets carried on the outer face of the sides of the frame E. substantially as shown in Fig. 4. The said worm B meshes with gear 23, and on the lower end of the g Liemeer shaft 24, is the bevel-gear C which meshes.` with the bevelgear C3. thelatter being secured on the rear end of the shaft l), and the Y .revolved to raise and lower the i orwa rd portions of the members A, and therefore the axles 10,01 as in practice, raising and lowering the frame E, and all ot' theparts can ried thereby, while the traction wheels remain on the ground 51.

It is, of course, to be understood that the means just described for raising'and lower ing the frame is in duplicate, that is one of such mechanisms is located on each side of the tractor, except the crank 50 which may be changed from one to the other ot' the shafts D, therefore by turning the shafts D the tractor may be raised and lowered in order to adjust it to the height of the implement to which the tractor is to' be attached, in order that' there will be the same clearance vbeneath the tractor that there is beneath the implement to be operated thereby. Virhen the tractor is to be operated alone, or without rigid connection withv the implement, then it is necessary to employ the follow wheel ,6, in order to support the rear end of the drawbar l, but when attached to an implement then ,the wheel 6 is removed, by withdrawing the axle i4 and folding the hangers 5 and trie braces 17 up parallel with the drawbar, where they may be secured by inserting pin 180 through the hole 31 in the drawbar. T he wheel 6 may, for convenience, be secured on the stem 30 which'extends out from the hub of the wheel F, where' it will be carried.

Numeral l denotes the drirers seat which is carried by the rear portion of the drawhar, and when desired it may be removed if it should interfere with the movements of the driver when he is located on the implement in the rear thereof.

The implement to be drawn should be provided with a stub tongue, which may be secured to the rear end of the draw-.bar by the clamp 25 shown in Fig. 1, or otherwise if desired.

lt will be seen that the draw-bar may travel forward parallel with the implement being drawn yet the t-ractorwheels together.A with the frame and the parte-carried thereby' may be turned toithe right or the left upon the kingbolt 22 as a pivot; the means for accomplishing this 'will now be describedt, The worm-gear O is,mountedhrizont'ally across the top of the draw-bar, being secured? on the shaft 26, the latter being mounted in suitable brackets 52 and-53 which extend up from the sides of the draw-bar, as in Effie. l and 2, the worm-gear 0 being in mesh with thesegmental gear 18. Also mounted on theshaft 26 1s the miter-gear 19, which mesheswith tl1e'miter-gear 19a, the latter through which is disposed beisecured on the lower end of the stem 54 iiose upper end forms a part of the uni- Versal joint Qa, as shown in Fig. 1. Extending upward and rearward from the universal joint Q 'is the shaft Q, which is square in cross section, and it telescopes into the steering column S, the interior of the lower end of which is formed square in cross section to lit around the'shaft Q, as in F ig. 9.

Secured on the upper end of the steering column S is the steering wheel T, which'is adapted to be rotated. The upper portion of the column S operates in a collar U which has a downwardly extending pair of ears the pin 27,on which is pivoted the upper end of the hollow standard V. Telescoping into the standard V is the rod lV, the lower end of which is` removably connected to the bracket X, the latter being secured to the draw-bar 1. The bracket X and the lower-vend of the rod lV are adjustably connected bythe thumb-nut. 12. The standard V and the rod lV may be secured together by the set-screw 60. i From the above it will be seen that the position of the steering wheel may be universally adjusted, up and down, to the right or left, and forward and backward, and rotatably secured at any desired angle, in order to accommodate the position ofthe operator. It will also be seen that by turning the wheel T the worm O, operating on the gear 18, will turn the main frame and the parts carried thereby to the right or the left while the draw-bar remains relatively stationary.

Slidably mounted in suitable hangers on 'the sides of the standard V are the controller handles Y and Y which are adapted to slide forward and backward. Secured in the eyes 28*28, formed on the forward ends of said handles are the cables Z and Z, respectively. The said cables extend forward under the worm C), down through an aperture in the bar 1, then forward'through the channel of the bar l, then up through the hollow of the king-bolt and they are then connected to the gear levers of the 'transmission H, and they are adapted to shift the gears to neutral, reverse, or to one of the forward speeds, as inany well known manner.

The fly-wheel G1 is mounted on the shaf 62, the latter being driven by the shaft o through the gears located inside the transmission H. The fan S is adapted to be. ro,

tated, it being secured on the shaft 33. ()n the rear end of shaft 63 is the disk (34 whose face is adapted to contact with the peripher)vv of the fiy-wheel (i1. and it is located laterallv to one side of the center thereof, as in Fig. 2, whereby the rotation of the flywheel will revolve the fan 8 at rigid-angles thereto.

F rom theabove it will be seen that l provide a very flexible and easily managed trac 7 tor, adapted to be used alone for various purposes. However when it is to be attached to an implement, as for instance a plow, the wheel 6 may be removed, the stub-tongue of the implement is then secured to the drawhar 1 by means of the clamp 25, the tongue and the draw-bar being located in alinement with each other. The standard V may then be detached from the draw-bar and moved back and in like manner secured to some convenient part of the implement, the cables e and e@ should be lengthened inthe same proportion as the steering column. It will be noticed that the universal joint in the steering column, the telescoping feature of the steering column, the adjustable standard V, and the ability to lengthen and shorten the cables e and .ea latitude for the arrangement for the location of the operator upon the implement to be drawn.

Then in order to adjust the height of the tractor to that of the implement one has only to remove the bolts 13, and then turn the shafts l) until the tractor is raised or lowered to the height required, after which the bolts 13 are replaced through their apertures in the members which of course will retain the tractor chassis rigidly' at the desired elevation to which it is adjusted.

l desire that it be understood that various changes may be made in the several details of construction and in the particular arrangements of the several parts, from that herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of my invention and without sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having now fully shown and described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In ay farm tractor comprising a main frame, a motor carried on the main frame, a

-shaft carried by the main frame and adapted to be rotated by said motor, pinions secured on the outer end portions of the main shaft, triangular members pivoted eccentrically on each end portion of said shaft, a gear formed in the forward edge of the triangular inembers, the saidgear being concentric with said shaft, an axle extending out from the said triangular members, a traction wheel mounted on each of said axles. a round gear carried by each of said traction wheels concentric with the respective axles thereof and each meshing with its respective pinion above meutimled, a worm gear meshing with each of said gears on the, forward edges of the triangular members, n cans for revolving the said worin-gears,

permits great and means for rigidly holding the orward ends of the triangular members after they have been adjusted by said worm-gears.

A farm tractor comprising a main frame, a pair of ground Wheels for supporting said frame, a shaft extending across the frame, means carried by the frame for revolving said shaft, means for revolving the ground Wheels by the operation of said shaft, a draw-bar pivoted at its front near the center of said frame, means for connecting an impleinent to the rear end of the draw-bar, means carried by the draw-bar for turning the iframe to the right or the leftvvil; reference to the draW-bar,means carried by the draw-bar for controlling said means for revolving said shaft, means for extending the: said means for turning the frame and means for controlling the direction of travel ofthe tractor by a person located in the rear thereof, means lor raising and lowering the said frame with vrelation to the ground, all substantially as Shown and described. v

3. A. farm J"acor comprising a main' frame, a pair' of ground wheels for sup'iorting the frame, means for raising and lowering thev frame while the ground wheels remain relatively stationary', means for rigidly retaining the frame at the elevation to -which it has been adjusted, a segmental rack formed on the rear edge of the-main frame, a draw-barl extending rearward ffrom underneath the center of the frame, a l ing-bolt connecting the forward end of the draw-bar to the frame, a removable follow Wheel for 'supporting the rear end of .the draw-bar,

'means for connecting an implement to be drawn to the rear 'end of the draeI-bar;1 a vsteering wheel, a steering column extending forward and hdon'iwaiid from the sreering wheel,- a Worm-gear reVolubl'y-mounted horizontally' across the drew-har and engaging with saidraclz on the rear edge of the frame," means for Aconnecsting the steering column to said worm-gear whereby the norm-gear will tally, all substantially as 1 ,receso forward and backward, and means for op-A eratively adjustingthe steering Wheel at any desired angle both vertically and horlzon scribed. y y

s. A farm tractor comprising a'inam shown and VAdeframe having mounted thereon the various g devices of a motor vehicle, the main lifting members mounted on the end'portion of the driving shaft and at. the sides ofsaidgframe, an axle carried by each lifting member,

means for turning the :main lifting members' to raise and lower said axles, a ground'wheel mounted on each of said axles, a draw-bar pivored at its front end to the central por.

tion o1" and underneath the main frame, a

removable follow Wheel for supporting the rear end of the draw-bar, a rack formed in the rear edge of the Vmainframe, a Wormgear mounted horizontally across thedraW-` bar and in engagement with said rack' of the' frame, a steering wheel adapted to -revolife Y' said Worm-geinige .telescopi-ng'steering col- -umnto which the steering Wheel is secured,

means for lengthening and shortening the steering column, means for adjkusting' the height and the horizontal position ofthesteering Wheel at any point throughout a complete cycle of adjustments, a gear sjhift- E ing mechanism, and means for adjusting the length of the gear shifting mechanism forward and backward, `all substantially as shown and described."

lntestimony whereof l have hereunto subscribed my nalneto this specification in the `presence 'of two subscribing, Witnesses.

' GEORGE RETTIG.

lil'nesses:

i licei'. W. HANDLE,

l; l.A HANDLE.

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